VaggaSaḷāyatanuppattikathā

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Kathāvatthu · Vol. 37 · Section 1560

[1560] "Is it not to be said: 'For one in the mother's womb, head hairs, body hairs, nails, teeth, and bones arise afterwards'?" "Yes." "But was it not said by the Blessed One: 'First there is the kalala (embryonic drop); from the kalala comes the ambuda (swelling); from the ambuda is born the pesī (fleshy lump); from the pesī comes into being the ghana (solid mass); from the ghana the pasākhā (limb-buds) are born, and the head hairs, body hairs, and nails as well; and whatever his mother consumes — food and drink and nourishment — by that he is sustained there, the person in the mother's womb'?¹ ¹ Saṃ. Sagāthāvagga 266. Is there indeed such a discourse?" "Yes." "Then indeed, for one in the mother's womb, head hairs, body hairs, nails, teeth, and bones do arise afterwards." Discussion of the Arising of the Six Sense Bases (Saḷāyatanuppattikathā). ________________________ Discussion of the Immediacy Condition (Anantarapaccayakathā)

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.